ChangeMaker
Primary FOcus
Learn to tackle sustainability from every angle—research your carbon footprint, help build schools with climate-smart materials, explore sustainable agriculture, protect the oceans for future generations, and support local ecotourism and social enterprises.
Whether you’re restoring coral reefs, protecting whale shark habitats, or working with community partners on long-term economic solutions, you’ll gain the skills and insight to keep making a difference—through future volunteering, or a career in social innovation, climate tech, marine science, or global development—or simply by making more intentional choices about how you choose to live.
Along the way, you’ll make lifelong friends, experience the warmth of rural Thai communities, and watch the sun dip into the sea each evening in Cebu—grateful for a day spent doing something that matters.
BENEFITS
- “Make a difference”
- Certified in Paddling and Scuba Diving
- Environmental Ecosystem restoration experience
- Project management skills
- Community leadership practice
- Cross-cultural understanding
Key LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Restore marine environments
- Replant mangrove forests
- Conduct scientific research
- Deliver environmental education
- Execute ecosystem monitoring
THE APA DIFFERENCE
APA’s ChangeMaker programs are shaped by decades of experience and partnerships with leading environmental experts—including a university Professor of Environmental Science, marine biologists, arborists, environmental architects, and UN SDG advisors.
We work directly with the Ecotourism Departments of Thailand and the Philippines, along with local community leaders, to deliver projects that are locally led and built for long-term impact.
You’ll collaborate with field professionals and earn certifications in scuba diving, water rescue, paddling, and environmental leadership—equipping you to take on future volunteer work, pursue sustainability-focused study or careers, or simply make smarter, more sustainable choices in your everyday life.
